Method to stabilize liquid betalains
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- NAT PINGTUNG UNIV OF SCI & TECH
- Publication Date
- 2010-12-30
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a method to stabilize betalains, particularly to a method to stabilize liquid betalains.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] According to the fast development of food technology, not only brings about diverse food products to people, also promotes the quality of commercial food products in our life. Nowadays, plenty of food additives are added to food products during the manufacturing process to preserve the flavor or to improve the taste and appearance of food. Among them, food dyes has played a significant role in food industry, which makes manufacturing food more colorful and appetitive especially after long-term of boiling, soaking or drying.
[0005] Generally, dyes are usually divided into two kinds, including synthetic dyes and natural dyes. Since the first synthetic dye, mauveine, have first achieved in 1856 by William Henry Perkin, the increasing amount of synthetic dyes hav...